Windshield



Dec. 11, 192.3.

J. HAMMERL www 1 l Patented Dec. ll, 1923.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB HAMMERL, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO PACKARD MOTOR CAR COM- PANY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

WINDSHIELD.

Application led November 1, 1920. Serial No. 421,012.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, JACOB HAMMERL, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Detroit, Wayne County, State of Michigan-` have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Windshields, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to motor vehicles, and more particularly to windshield con struction.

One of the objects of the invention is to simplify the mounting of windshields by eliminating unnecessary parts.

Another object of the invention is to provide a windshield mounting having a minimum number of parts, and, furthermore, to provide a construction which will be simple and rigid, and will notco'me a art under the strains to which it is subjecte in use.

Another object of the invention is to protect the hin e joint between the windshield and body o a motor vehicle from exposure to rain.

Further objects. of the invention will appear from the following speciiication taken in connection with the drawings which form a part of this applic-ation, and in which: l

Fig. 1 is a perspective view, illustrating a windshield mounting constructed in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is a perspective detail view, taken substantially on line 2 2 of lFig. 1, and showing a portion of a windshield frame member constructed in accordance with my invention; and

Fig. 3 illustrates the frame member in iront elevation.

Referring to the drawings, l have shown in TFig. 1 a portion of the front end of a closed body 10, of motor vehicle, the upper sash 11 of the windshield and the lowe sash 12. y,

'lhe sash 11 is mounted in a frame 13, having side rails or frame members la (only one ot' these members being shown) and an upper rail or rametmember 15. These members arepreferably formed of sheet metal, and as shown in Fig. 2, the rails are recessed as indicated at 16, to receive thek edges of the sash, a rubber cushion member 17 being interposed ben V22, and a pintle 23, extends through these hinge members and forms the pivot for the upper sash of the windshield. The laterally extending portions 18 of the windshield rail or frame member 15 may be brazed or welded together if desired.

In order to protect the hinge from the Weather, the upper portionof ythe body frame for the windshield is extended over the hinge, as shown at 24, forming eaves.

In the illustration of the construction, one of the side rails 14 and the upper rail 15 are shown as integral, but it will be understood that these members could be formed separate and secured together in any suitable manner, if desired.

From the above description, it will be obvious that by forming the upper windshield rail and hinge member integral and of one piece, all unnecessary parts have been eliminated, and that no rivets or other connecting means are necessary. lit will also be evident thatv the construction ma be economically manufactured and wil? be rigid and efficient.

Although one specific embodiment ot the invention has been illustrated and described, it Will be evident to those skilled in the art that the invention is capable of modification, and it will, therefore, be understood that changes in theoonstruction and in the arrangement ot thee operating parts may be made without depa ing from the spirit or scope of the inventiomas expressed in the iollowing claims...

j Havingdescribed my invention,-` what'll claim and 1desire to secure by Letters Pat ent is:

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'1. A -infie-piece, sheetinetal frame memand having a recessed portion adjacent one side lo receive the sash and haring one free end ol' the Sheet metal extending laterally beyond the tn'lie und forming hinge membere. the other Afree end of l'lie Sheet met :1l bein;|- secured adjacent the buse ol said hinge members.

ln t'eet'imony whereof l nllix my Signe ture.

J ACOB HAB'IERL. 

